In mid-1916, President Woodrow Wilson
A. stated that the United States was likely to enter the war within a year
B. ordered that American troops be sent to staging camps in England
C. had come to support a rapid increase of the nation's armed forces
D. was firmly rooted with the peace factions of the Democratic Party
E. Sent Secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan's to a broker with a peace settlement
Answer: C